Month: October 2017

This flag design was proposed by Ricardo Tomasz. It is designed to represent the Los Angeles River that stretches across the entire city. The Los Angeles River (L.A. River) starts in the Simi Hills and Santa Susana Mountains and flows through Los Angeles County, California, from Canoga Park in the western end of the San Fernando Valley, nearly 48 miles (77 km) southeast to its Read more about Los Angeles River Flag[…]

To celebrate Halloween, we evaluate one of Edgar Allen Poe’s greatest pieces. Edgar Allen Poe has often been hailed as the greatest horror writer in literature. Born in 1809, his life was brief and marred by his alcoholism and abuse of drugs. His most famous poem, “The Raven” is most remembered for its simplicity. However, Read more about The Cask of Amontillado[…]

This flag design was proposed by Ricardo Tomasz. It is designed to represent the now extinct California Grizzly Bear. The California grizzly (Ursus arctos californicus) is an extinct subspecies of the grizzly, the very large North American brown bear. “Grizzly” could have meant “grizzled” (that is, with golden and grey tips of the hair) or “fear-inspiring”.[1] Nonetheless, after careful study, naturalist George Ord formally Read more about Los Angeles County Bear Flag[…]

In Saving Private Ryan (1998) eight American soldiers are confronted with critical situations in the heat of battle. They are forced to make choices between benevolence and death. Some choose a weaker road, and lose their courage, while others take a higher path of sacrifice and strength. As we examine the narrative style of Saving Read more about Saving Private Ryan: The Art of Editing[…]

This flag design was proposed by Ricardo Tomasz. It is designed to represent Los Angeles’ diversity, particularly in the culinary arts. The blue streams are meant to represent the optimistic sunrise that many new citizens feel upon arriving on Los Angeles’ shores. The X in black is meant to represent a final destination, while Read more about Share for a New L.A. Flag[…]

The reason California is such a success, the most powerful state economy in the country, is because we’ve embraced Liberal values! We have progressive taxes and reinvest that money into human infrastructure, like the UC system, like tradesman training programs, like creating jobs in research, technology, and green energy. If California takes a turn to Read more about Opinion: Why Is California So Great[…]

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We are not powerless! Here are 5 things you can do to help prevent gun violence: Look up your local blood bank, or call the red cross, and donate blood to help victims. Call your Congressional Representative (they work for you) and tell them to vote NO on dangerous gun silencers. Call your Senator, and Read more about 5 Things You Can Do After The Las Vegas Terrorist Attack[…]

This flag design was proposed by Ricardo Tomasz. It’s designed to represent California Raptors and incorporates the current Los Angeles City flag. The Raptor symbol also incorporates European flag designs such as Albania, Austria, and Spain. The word “raptor” is the term used for a group of birds consisting of hawks, falcons, kites, Read more about New Flag For New Los Angeles[…]

In the film Vanilla Sky, David Aames is terribly scarred, his face mangled, and his spine and arm shattered. The one shining point of light in his life is his lover, Sophia, who David keeps imagining is Julie, the woman who tried to kill him. He finally discovers in the dramatic climax of the film Read more about Vanilla Sky[…]